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Game #5240
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Transsib   (a.k.a. TransAmerica)  View all Top Dogs in this genreCollection: Unofficial Boardgame Conversions
Strategy   Tabletop strategy

Rating: 8.76 (17 votes)

Transsib box cover

Transsib screenshot
Transsib is a great Java version of TransAmerica, a fun "beer & pretzel" tile-laying tabletop strategy game from Rio Grande. During each turn, you must lay down one or two track segments. The tracks must start from your train's starting location, and must always connect to your existing network. An unoccupied double line (river or mountain) costs two tracks. If you connect your track to another player’s network, you can use that network as if it were your own. Once a player connects five cities, that signals the end of a 'turn' and score-keeping is done. Other players get negative points for tracks that are not connected to a city. Then their trains are moved back according to the number of missing tracks. Then, all tracks are removed, the city cards re-shuffled, and another round begins. The game ends when a player crosses a "barrier", and the final tally is made.

Unlike the board game, you can play many different maps in Transsib. The game lets you compete against tough computer players (with varying difficulty levels), or with friends on the same computer or over a network. A clean user interface and rule variants round off this well-coded Java underdog. A fun way to spend 20-30 minutes without setting up the actual board game. Two thumbs up!

Reviewed by: Underdogs
Designer: Franz-Benno Delonge & Harald Gruber
Developer: Rio Grande Games
Publisher: Freeware
Year: 2005
Software Copyright: Harald Gruber
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If you like this game, try: Rails, Carcassonne, Cities

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